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Football League First Division; Season: 1971–72: Champions: Derby County 1st English title: Relegated: Nottingham Forest Huddersfield Town: European Cup: Derby County: European Cup Winners' Cup: Leeds United: UEFA Cup: Liverpool Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur Stoke City: Watney Cup: Wolverhampton Wanderers Sheffield United: Matches played ...
Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield Town lost their First Division status. By the end of the decade, Forest had made an explosive comeback to the top flight. 1971-1972 was Huddersfield's last season in the top flight until their promotion in 2016-17, and within a few seasons they would be in the Fourth Division — most of their existence since ...
1971 in sports in New York City (1 C, 21 P) Pages in category "1971 in sports in New York (state)" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
1 April 1972: Derby County beat Leeds United 2–0 and take over at the top of the First Division. [17] 26 April 1972: Derby County win the Texaco Cup by beating Airdrieonians 2–1 on aggregate. [21] Crystal Palace's 2–0 win over Stoke City relegates both Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield Town from the First Division.
Qualification for the European Cup first round: 2 Leeds United: 42 27 10 5 72 30 2.400 64 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round: 3 Tottenham Hotspur: 42 19 14 9 54 33 1.636 52 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers: 42 22 8 12 64 54 1.185 52 5 Liverpool: 42 17 17 8 42 24 1.750 51 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round [a] 6 Chelsea ...
Liverpool won the First Division title for the eighth time in the club's history that season. They made sure of the title with a 0–0 draw against Leicester City at Anfield and finished the season three points ahead of title challengers Arsenal. Crystal Palace were relegated on 24 April, after losing 2–1 at relegation rivals Norwich City.
During the 1971–72 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. They finished 15th in the table with 36 points. They finished 15th in the table with 36 points.
The 1972–73 season was the 74th completed season of The Football League.. Liverpool's championship win meant they claimed their first trophy since 1966 in Bill Shankly's penultimate season as manager despite competition from Arsenal, Leeds United, Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers.